A mother and daughter suffered a terrifying ordeal when a lit firework was chucked in their home in Leeds.
The incident featured in the first episode of the new series of BBC documentary Yorkshire Firefighters.
This week’s episode followed crews from around the region in the build up to Bonfire Night during the coronavirus lockdown period.
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It was a time of year, where we likely all recall, there were no Bonfire Night events and displays being run, in a bid to try prevent the spread of the virus.
As shown in the episode, it led some firefighters to be concerned about whether there might be anti-social behaviour involving fireworks.
We saw this in Yorkshire Firefighters when a crew were called to a report of a firework being chucked into a home in Leeds through the house's letterbox - while a mum and her daughter, aged under 10, were both still inside.
Ambulances were called the scene of the incident and the shocked mum was given oxygen at the scene - thankfully they managed to escape the property before fire crews arrived.
The crew chief said: “That little girl, she was so frightened, that little girl could have been my daughter and it is about reassuring her that we are there to support her.
“And, we are there to make everything right.”
Crews put out the fire which had spread to the property’s carpet and supported the mother and her young daughter.
Fortunately neither mother or daughter had to go to hospital following the incident.
A firefighter at the scene said: “They got lucky, they got out.”
Elsewhere, a crew attended a major tyre fire in Bradford city centre.
Yorkshire Firefighters airs at 7pm on BBC2 on Mondays and you can also catch up on iPlayer.
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